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Ansel Adams (1902–1984)
Lot 241 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM AN IMPORTANT EAST COAST COLLECTION

Ansel Adams (1902–1984)

Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake, Denali National Park, Alaska, 1947

Closed6 April 2017

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USD 50,000

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Ansel Adams (1902–1984)
Mount McKinley and Wonder Lake, Denali National Park, Alaska, 1947
gelatin silver print, mounted on board, printed 1973–1977
signed in pencil (mount, recto); titled and dated in ink in photographer's Carmel credit stamp [BMFA 11] (mount, verso)
image/sheet: 15 1/8 x 18 5/8 in. (38.5 x 47.3 cm.)
mount: 22 x 28 in. (55.9 x 71.2 cm.)

Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner.

Specialist note

I was stunned by the vision of Mount McKinley... At about 1:30am the next morning, as the sun rose, the clouds lifted and the mountain glowed an incredible shade of pink. Laid out in front of Mount McKinley, Wonder Lake was pearlescent against the dark embracing arms of the shoreline. I made what I visualized as an inevitable image. – Ansel Adams